diff --git a/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt b/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
index 652bf151a..e1e1a5637 100644
--- a/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/columns/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ set (columns_SRCS Column.cpp Column.h
 
 add_library (columns STATIC ${columns_SRCS})
 
-set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}   -g -Wall")
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3 -Wall")
-
-
 #SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE gcov)
 #SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")
 #SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_GCOV "--coverage")